Baleares

See also: baleares, baléares, and Baléares

Latin

Alternative forms

• Baliārēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Bălĭāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin. More at Balearic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ba.ɫeˈaː.reːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.leˈaː.res]

Proper noun

Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension

1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)
2. the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Baleārēs
genitive	Baleārium
dative	Baleāribus
accusative	Baleārēs Baleārīs
ablative	Baleāribus
vocative	Baleārēs

Related terms

• Baliāricus
• Baliāris

References

• “Bălĭāres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Baleares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Baleares”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlja.ɾɨʃ/

• Homophone: baleares
• Hyphenation: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)

   Synonym: Ilhas Baleares

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baleˈaɾes/ [ba.leˈa.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -aɾes
• Syllabification: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

1. Synonym of Islas Baleares: Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)